2019-2020学年西北大学附属中学高三英语下学期期中试卷及答案

2019-2020学年西北大学附属中学高三英语下学期期中试卷及答案
第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
Four Truly Unique Canadian Camping Experiences
Mount Robson Provincial Park,British Columbia
Named after the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies, this park gives you breathtaking views of mountain landscapes along with lakes, waterfalls, canyons, and caves. The Berg Lake campground is located right at the northern base of the 3, 954-meter peak (山巅), which is about a day's hike in.
Fundy National Park,New Brunswick
If you've grown tired of the tent or RV, this park is one of the few national parks offering yurt (蒙古包) rentals. Make sure you visit theBay of Fundywhere the world's highest tides make for some great surfing. You also can't miss the amazing Acadian forest waterfall. If you're looking for even more entertainment, the park also hostsmusic and cultural festivals each summer and has its own golf course.
KluaneNational Parkand ReserveYukon
From May to September, theKathleenLakecampground sees visitors come from far and wide to camp, hike and fish. Mountaineering is especially popular as Kluane is home to 17 of Canada's 20 highest peaks. Flightseeing over the park's glaciers and rafting (漂流) the winding Alsek River will also keep you out enjoying the wilderness.
Prince Edward Island National Park,Prince Edward Island
If you're looking for a family-friendly park, this one is wonderful. Between the seven beaches and more than 50 kilometersof hiking and cycling trails, you'll certainly be kept busy. Literature lovers, you can see what inspired L.M. Montgomery'sAnne of Green Gables at the nearby Green Gables Heritage Place and even explore the original house.
1. Where is the park offering yurt rentals located?
A. InBritish Columbia.
B. InNew Brunswick.
C. InYukon.
D. InPrince Edward Island.
2. What can you do inKluaneNational Parkand Reserve?
A. Climb the highest mountain inCanada.
B. Experience the highest tides.
C. Raft the windingAlsekRiver.
D. Attend music and cultural festivals.
3. Which will you choose if you are a fan of Anne of Green Gables?
A.Mount RobsonProvincialPark.
B. Fundy National Park.
C.KluaneNational Parkand Reserve.
D.Prince Edward IslandNational Park.
B
Not long after the first fitness magazine was published, a list probably followed soon after, ranking the best fitness equipment. This tradition has continued, with the implied message: usethisand exercise willbe yours.
And that's part of the problem, says Dr. Lieberman, a professor of Harvard University. There isn't one “best” anything to achieve fitness. Besides, people understand exercise is good for them. Knowledge about exercise still doesn't motivate.
Before you can answer why, it helps to look at history. Before the Industrial Revolution, people fetched water and walked up stairs because they had to. But then technology made life and work easier. Exercise has become something that people have to carve out time for. “It's a fundamental instinct to avoid physical activity when it's neither necessary nor rewarding,” he says.
It would seem like being healthy would qualify as necessary, but a doctor's prescription to exercise “can make it like taking cod liver oil,” Lieberman says. “Sometimes it works, but more often than not, it doesn't. And it's still coming across as an order, and “not having a heart attack in five years is not an immediate reward,” says Dr. Beth Frates, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School.
People might not want to exercise because it's never been enjoyable. Most of us probably have memories of gym class, not being picked for a team, or being in a fitness center that's filled with in-shape people. The majority don't feel excited. They feel that exercise isn't for them, but it can be. Coaching people in an empowering and motivating way can work much better than ordering someone to exercise. It starts with an expanded definition of what counts as exercise, and an injection of what's rarely used to describe exercise, but is certainly allowed: namely, fun.
4. What does the underlined “this” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. The magazine.
B. The tradition.
C. The equipment.
D. The message.
5. What can we infer about technology?
A. It improves life quality.
B. It saves people's time.
C. It drives social progress.
D. It makes exercise less likely.
6. Why does the author mention “cod liver oil” in paragraph 4?
A. To attach importance to health.
B. To present a doctor's prescription.
C. To explain exercise is considered inessential.
D. To introduce the latest medical application.
7. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. Exercise should be made more joyful.
B. It's more fun to work out with others.
C. We may encounter bad workout experiences.
D. Orders work well to motivate people to exercise.
C
On the night of September 19, 1961, Betty Hill and her husband Barney were driving home through the White Mountains from Niagara Falls. They were travelling on anearly deserted two-lane highway when Betty noticed a steady light in the sky that was getting bigger and brighter.
She thought it was a planet or a star. Barney, stimulated at her excitement, said it was probably just a wandering aeroplane. Whatever it was, it appeared to be following them.
They stopped their car for a closer look. What they said happened next, changed their lives. The flying object was noiseless. It appeared to be spinning. It was as big as a jet but shaped like a pancake.
So formed the tale of Betty Hill, a New Hampshire social worker who, with Barney, a postal worker, claimed to be kidnapped by aliens, who were from outer space, on a moonlit night about 60 years ago.
After reluctantly going public with her experience, Hill, who died of cancer at her New Hampshire home, aged 85, became a celebrity on the UFO circuit and was known as the “first lady of UFOs”.
Intriguingly, at the time of the incident, the Hills remembered nothing except that they had spied a strange object in the sky. Later, troubled by nightmares and other stress-related pains, the couple underwenthypnosis(催眠) where the full story came out with the aid of Boston psychiatrist Benjamin Simon, an expert in medical hypnosis.
On their night of contact the Hills arrived homeat 5 a.m., unable to account for two lost hours. They were also confused by the odd marks on their telescopes, deep signs on the tops of Barney’s best shoes, Betty’s torn dress and strange circular markings on their car that made the needle of a compass jump wildly.
After seeing them for six months, the psychiatrist concluded the Hills’ lost memory about the hours they lost on that night in 1961 “appeared to involve an amazing experience on the part of both of the Hills”. Whether the
experience had been fantasy or reality, Simon could not say, but he said he was convinced they had not been lying. He guessed that it had been a kind of shared dream.
Reports of aliens capturing humans and taking them aboard oddly shaped spacecraft were “comparatively rare” before 1975. After a movie, “The UFO Incident”, about the Hills came out, however, such stories increased.
8. When they saw the strange object in the sky, Barney and Betty Hill ______________.
A. were astonished at its strange flight and noise
B. regarded it as just a wandering car following them
C. realized immediately what the danger it might cause
D. showed curiosity in discovering what it really was
9. The word “Intriguingly” in paragraph 6 most probably means “______________”.
A. Ridiculously
B. Temporarily
C. Remarkably
D. Mysteriously
10. The Hills later sought the help of a psychiatrist because ______________.
A. they had lots of secrets in their lives after the strange experience
B. their lives were greatly disturbed by the unexpected experience
C. they wanted to share their unforgettable experience with the expert
D. they hoped to forget completely what had happened to them
11. This article was written in order to ______________.
A. describe an unusual event to the readers
B. convince readers of the existence of UFOs
C. record how people were caught by aliens
D. warn people of the dangers the UFOs cause
D
Have you ever done something for someone else—knowing that your actions would solely benefit THEM and not YOU? Maybe you opened a door or donated blood or volunteered in a hospital’s ER during the pandemic. This is called a prosocial behavior. Humans engage in these types of behaviors all the time.
But a question remains in science: Are we the only species who do this? As one of out closest s, chimpanzees have long been studied for signs of this. So far, research has provided mixed results on the question.
Some studies show that chimps cooperatively hunt, share food and comfort each other. But one study came to a very different conclusion. The study used a controlled lab experiment where chimpanzees in enclosures were given two options: push a button to give food to themselves or push the button to give food to themselves AND a partner chimp. If they chose the latter, it was seen as a prosocial behavior. But the result is that chimps showed no special preferences for feeding themselves and a friend over feeding just themselves. Another study conducted by
DeTroy, however, discovered a totally different result.
Compared to previous controlled lab-based experiments, the setup for DeTroy’s research was very naturalistic. “We installed a button and a fountain into the chimpanzees’ outer enclosures. When an individual pushes the button, it releases juice from the fountain. However, since the button and fountain are approximately five meters apart, the individual pushing cannot directly drink from the fountain. And if any other chimpanzees are at the fountain when the button is pushed, they, and not the pusher, will be able to drink the juice.
In this experiment, chimpanzees showed a willingness to act in the interest of others, with individual chimpanzees prepared to push the button without benefiting themselves.
“It is really fascinating to see that many of the chimpanzees were willing to prosocially provide valuable resources to the group members even if they couldn’t benefit themselves from their behavior.” said DeTroy.
Further research may reveal what lies behind their prosocial motivation. But for now, it’s safe to assume that chimpanzees are not simply aping human behavior.
12. Which of the following belongs to prosocial behaviors?
A. Jack participated in voluntary work in the library just to earn credits.
B. Mark turned to his classmate for help when feeling stressful in study.
C. Tim guided a lost child back home on his way to an important job interview.
D. Rose often interrupted the teacher to ask questions actively in the math’s class.
13. What is the task of the chimpanzees in the lab-based study?
A. Sharing food.
B. Making a choice.
C. Comforting others.
D. Showing sympathy.
14. How is DeTroy’s study different from the previous ones?
A. It was based on controlled lab experiment.
B. It gave juice to the chimpanzees as a reward.
C. It offered the tested chimpanzees a natural surrounding.
D. It provided a chance for chimpanzees to help their partners.
15. What can we learn from DeTroy’s quotes?
A. Chimpanzees can develop abilities to help others.
B. Chimpanzees have acquired many human behaviors.
C. Chimpanzees in the wild is cleverer than those in the lab.
D. Chimpanzees displayed prosocial behaviors for certain rewards.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid,or is intelligence the result of where and how you live?____16____
However, we know that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle.____17____Mental exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about.____18____On the contrary, if children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.____19____According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as “That was a very clever thing you did.” or “____20____”
A. What people want to express is like this.
B. A healthy body leads to one’s intelligence.
C. Parents should also be careful about what they say to young children.
D. These are very old questions, and the answers to them are still not clear.
E. You are such a smart child.
F. It needs exercise.
G. The children are then more likely to grow up brightly and intelligently.
第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项Dana is a 10-year-old girl, who found her friend was sick with a rare and life-threatening disease.____21____, she began her mission to find a way to help her friend and other____22____children by funding research to discover lifesaving cures.
Dana's first idea was to____23____lemonade (柠檬水) but it would be limited to the summerseason. She had to____24____an alternative concept. Dana and her mother had a fun habit of baking together, and it____25____to her that she could bake cookies. She knew that most people love cookies and like eating them all____26____long. She called her newly created____27____Cookies4Cures.
Dana started her____28____mission when she was only seven years old. She and her
mother____29____spent two days a week baking the cookies at home. Dana would then____30____the streets every weekend attempting to sell the cookies door to door to the local____31____. Her first goal was to make $1,000 in sales.“It was so____32____and took us three months," Dana recalled her first tiring yet rewarding sales attempt.
Dana soon decided to move her Cookies4Cures campaign____33____and that was when sales really started to____34____. At the end of the year, she raised $ 56, 000. The concept was simple: she baked the cookies and then____35____others to donate online to fund research for rare diseases in exchange for her____36____cookies.
Cookies4Cures is now____37____on raising awareness for the rare diseases for children. Without a cure, it is scientific____38____that provides hope to children and their families that one day one will be discovered. It is this____39____that motivates Dana to keep____40____baking for causes dear to her heart.
21. A. Instead B. However C. Thus D. Besides
22. A. suffering B. challenging C. promising D. exciting
23. A. make B. sell C. drink D. buy
24. A. come up with B. get along with C. team up with D. come out of
25. A. appeared B. explained C. seemed D. occurred
26. A. day B. year C. month D. week
27. A. company B. project C. medicine D. campaign
28. A. annoying B. troublesome C. caring D. mean
29. A. typically B. secretly C. cautiously D. simply
30. A. build B. run C. clean D. hit
31. A. school B. community C. government D. radio
32. A. eager B. boring C. hard D. bad
33. A. overseas B. ahead C. abroad D. online
34. A. take off B. pull out C. set about D. put aside
35. A. ordered B. allowed C. invited D. warned
36. A. life-changing B. heartbreaking C. easy-going D. mouthwatering
37. A. based B. focused C. insisted D. depended
38. A. communication B. data C. research D. report
39. A. hope B. doubt C. shade D. proof
40. A. healthy B. busy C. calm D. cool
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
Just a mere fifteen years earlier, getting from one city to another left travelers with very few options. And now all of that has changed___41.___(complete).
Taking a trip fromShanghaitoBeijing? For those under the pressures of the clock, the___42.___(quick) and most convenient mode of travel would be the plane. New airports___43.___(spring) up in every major province, opening up access to regions ofChina,which___44.___(leave) unexplored by previous foreign travels.
But if the price of planes is a bit high or if the fear of heights gets you down,___45.___(take) a bullet train is a great option. The bullet railway is just barely longer___46.___the plane trip and watching city and countryside views from the window is an experience in___47.___(it).
And the options don't stop there. Why not take___48.___wheel yourself? Nowadays car rental is easy and inexpensive. The newly paved roads are welcoming and GPS systems___49.___(be) just as advanced as any international area. Take to the backroads and explore the different parts of the countryside,____50.____have taken a significant jump in living standards.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

As we all know, we can meet with various challenges in our life. Faced with challenges, how should we do?
Last month, our class climbed Mount Tai, that is more than 1,500 meters above sea level. Lacking exercise, I thought that this activity was great challenge for me. I felt very exhausted halfway that I wanted to give up. See this, my classmates and even some strangers encourage me. By the end, I managed to reach on the top of the mountain.
Therefore, don’t give up in face of challenges. If you are determined enough, it’s certainly that you can overcome it.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是英语课代表，你发现许多同学英语基础较差，打算在明天英语课前的演讲中号召大家阅读英文小说。

请写一篇演讲稿，内容包括：
1.阅读的益处；
2.阅读的方法。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

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参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. D
8. D 9. D 10. B 11. A
12. C 13. B 14. C 15. A
16. D 17. F 18. G 19. C 20. E
21. C 22. A 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. B 32.
C 33.
D 34. A 35. C 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. B
41. completely
42. quickest
43. have sprung
44. were/are left
45. taking 46. than
47. itself 48. the
49. are 50. which
51.(1).how→what
(2).that→which
(3).was后加a
(4).very→so
(5).See→Seeing
(6).encourage→encouraged
(7).By→In
(8).去掉on
(9).certainly→certain
(10).it→them
52.略。